Fitness Mad Swiss Ball

Advantages: Can do a variety of exercises on it
Disadvantages: Bit of an eyesore in the house

...The gym ball, swiss ball, fitness ball, stability ball or whatever other name it comes under, seems to have taken the fitness world by storm. These balls can be purchased in most sports shops, department stores, tv shopping channels, chemists and even supermarkets. They cost between £5 and £15, come with their own pump and usually an instruction leaflet or DVD. Fitness balls come in a variety of sizes, 42, 45, 55, 65 and 75cms and you should select your size depending on your height. For safety reasons, the rubber material has been designed to deflate slowly in the event of unexpected damage, so the ball should not burst suddenly, leaving the user in a heap on the floor. Pumping up the ball, with the hand pump provided does take a little time and the novice user may be unsure of how firm it should be. I'm not sure how... Read review

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Advantages: easy to use, great value for money, can be used during gameplay, USB connection
Disadvantages: cannot be charged from the mains

... MadCatz Wii Fit Battery Pack After months of searching we finally managed to get hold of a Nintendo Wii Fit board back in July which was hugely popular with the whole family and used almost every second that the house was occupied. For those who may be unfamiliar with the Nintendo Wii and the Wii fit balance board I will explain these briefly first. The Wii is a games console which uses a handheld remote for interactive play (simulating tennis etc). The Wii fit balance board is a rectangular board which the user stands on and it links up wirelessly to the Wii and is used to improve health through balance games, muscle and yoga poses and aerobic exercise games. The Wii fit balance board measures and monitors weight, centre of gravity etc and feeds this back wirelessly to the Wii console plugged into your television. Due... Read review

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Advantages: Easy way to keep fit.
Disadvantages: Can't think of any.

...master them both. I've played the game a total of 103 times (this was the count the last time I went on) and have a high score of 551 in advanced. My next favourite game is table tilt - you move your body around in order to move a table on the screen which has holes in it. Your job is to manouver balls around the table and get them into the holes to progress to the next level. It seems easy but it can be quite challenging. I'm good at this game but my sister has the high score of 125. There are also two difficulty levels for this game. Fit Cash Every training game gets you Fit Cash - a measure of how much time you've spent on the Wii Fit. It doesn't always give you an accurate amount of minutes, though - for example, if you complete the 10 minute boxing exercise you actually get 13 minutes. Also most of the Yoga exercises are... Read review

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